News

28 April 2017

Smartphone market grows 4.3% in Q1 2017.

The global smartphone market grew stronger than expected
in the first quarter 2017, by 4.3 percent to 347.4 million units shipped, according to
IDC.Market leaders Samsung and Apple
saw their sales little changed year-on-year, while Huawei, Oppo and Vivo
continued to grow strongly, the market researcher said.

Samsung once again led the market with a 22.8 percent
share, after falling behind Apple in Q4.The company shipped an estimated 79.2 million smartphones in the
quarter, unchanged from a year ago.Apple took a 14.9 percent share, based on 51.6 million iPhones sold.

Huawei was in third place, growing 22 percent to an
estimated 34.2 million phones shipped, equal to a 9.8 percent market
share.Huawei share was up from 8.4
percent a year ago.Oppo also grew its
share, to 7.4 percent from 5.9 a year ago, and Vivo was at 5.2 percent of
shipments, versus 4.4 a year earlier.